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14-letter words containing a, c, r, o, n, y

  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • discretionally — At one's discretion.
  • discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electronically — By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
  • electrovalency — (physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
  • equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • fiduciary bond — a bond filed by a fiduciary administering an estate as surety.
  • fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • honorary canon — a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a stipend or to vote in the chapter.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
  • ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
  • ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
  • idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
  • idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
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